My shirts and totes will be here today. It's 4pm and I am patiently waiting for their arrival. I can not wait to start printing. I will not get any printing done today because I work nights but I will be up early tomorrow to get the ball rolling. I have one shirt to print for a friend at work. The screens are prepped and ready to go.
Once that shirt is done, I will be printing some dog designs. :)
I will be printing tote bags first. I am down to three usable 110 mesh wood screens so I will have a few hours of prep time in between my designs. I can not wait to order more screens. It drives me nuts only have three to work with. I would really like to order aluminum screens because of the warping possibility of the wood screens but funds do not permit that at this time. My supplies are getting very low. I will probably be out of screen tape after I tape a couple more screens. The Screen Wash 147 and Emulsion remover are also getting low thanks to my mistake of mixing chemicals the other day. Oh well, I will figure something out. Just a little bump in the road.
In order to print on the totes I will have to cut one of my platens smaller. The platen is what the shirt or bag sits on when you print. You slide the shirt or bag OVER the platen. I can buy a smaller platen but I LOVE saving money. I picked up some used screen printing supplies at a yard sale, which included a platen. I am going to cut that one smaller instead of cutting up one of my new ones.
I am SO excited to finally have some progress. I will keep you posted. If things go as planned, I will have one (maybe two) tote bags to post. Stay tuned.
Jeanette
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